I do not mean to trouble you with these, but it seems to me that we may perhaps best understand the writer's intention if we throw together the clauses which stand in the middle of this verse, and take them as being a description of the inward progress, being 'edified' and 'walking in the fear of the

I to say nothing of the deer, squirrels, swans, bluebirds and other beasts of the forest was/were entertained, edified and enriched beyond measure by your performance in the Trials and can say with confidence that the results of the study will stay with mankind for a long time, if not eternity.

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"I know this world has plenty of bad people and bad vampires, but I don't believe the majority of the people in this country, or for that matter just here in Texas, would be edified by the sight of a screaming woman burning to death." -Charlaine Harris, Living Dead in Dallas